Eight women and a congregation of Catholic nuns were the second class of inductees honored by the Arkansas Women’s Hall of Fame at a banquet in Little Rock on Aug. 25.
The nonprofit Hall of Fame was incorporated in 2014 as a joint project of the North Little Rock Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Business Publishing Group, and major sponsors of the event include Centennial Bank of Conway, BMW of Little Rock and Eagle Bank, also of Little Rock.
Nominations for the 2017 class of inductees are being accepted online at ARWomensHallOfFame.com. See profiles and biographies of this year's class at ArkansasBusiness.com/AWOF.